Thursday, May 16, 2013

Achari Gobi / Cauliflower in pickling masala

When it comes to veggies cauliflower is something I like to experiment a lot with. I m surprised by the way my eating habits have changed as I used to hate it before and the only cauliflower thing I used to like was gobi manjurian. But now every week when I go for grocery shopping I pick cauliflower and think of every new way to prepare it. So when I came across this Achari gobi recipe in Playful cooking I knew what I was going to do with cauliflower next time. And I did make it, not just once but twice already. The first time when I made it, it was dark so we straight way digged in but second time I planned it ahead and made this a bit early before getting dark.

These days taking food pictures is not that easy especially when my lil one is a tad bit hungry he gets frustrated and keep on nagging so I pack my photo session right away, and when is not hungry he wants to help me in taking pictures, so either way its not easy !!

In a pan dry roast( without oil ) the ingredients mentioned under roasting to a fine powder.

Transfer the pickling powder into a bowl and add lime juice to it give it a mix and keep it aside.

In a wok or a pan add some oil and add cauliflower florets and saute it for 10 minutes on a medium flame adding a pinch of salt until they turn light brown in colour.Transfer into a paper towel and keep it aside.

In the same pan add some more oil and sputter mustard seeds, thrown in cumin, nigella and fry for a minute or so until they leave aroma .

Looks like a perfect pair with some steamed rice. My kids love cauliflower. I am definitely going to try this recipe next time when I get cauliflower. My daughter is the one who tries to help in styling the food and some times you know how that goes :)